Typhoon Koinu | record setting gust

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Hadn't been following this one.  JTWC has it today as 115kts. Not sure if that is peak or not. Other sources says the pressure dropped to 939mb before hitting Orchid Island.

But what caught my attention was that it produced a 212mph gust. 

This gust would be the third highest gust ever recorded on an anemometer

 

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Excerpt from a Yahoo writeup regarding it's history.

"The life of Koinu began last Wednesday, Sept. 27, when a tropical zone of low pressure formed near Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. By Friday, the feature organized into a tropical depression over the central Philippine Sea. Over the course of the weekend, Koinu ramped up to tropical storm strength (maximum sustained wind speed of 39 to 73 mph, or 63-118 km/h) by Saturday and reached Category 1 hurricane status (maximum sustained wind speed of 75-95 mph, or 120-152 km/h) by Sunday.

Between Sunday and Monday, the cyclone met the qualifications for rapid intensification as it trekked westward across the Philippine Sea, with equivalent strengthening from a Category 1 to a Category 3 hurricane. Rapid intensification is defined as a 35 mph (55 km/h) increase in the maximum sustained winds of a tropical cyclone over the course of 24 hours." Image also from the article

Here's a current picture of the radar as it strikes the southern tip of Taiwan. 

 

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50 minutes ago, StretchCT said:

Hadn't been following this one.  JTWC has it today as 115kts. Not sure if that is peak or not. Other sources says the pressure dropped to 939mb before hitting Orchid Island.

But what caught my attention was that it produced a 212mph gust. 

This gust would be the third highest gust ever recorded on an anemometer

 

New Englanders trying to figure out how to get a typhoon to hit Mt Washington and regain the top spot

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Still going. Looks stronger than 100kts on sat